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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
2 Curtis Drive Blackwood ML11 9GD
Received 19 May 201031 Howieshill Road Cambuslang
Received 12 May 20104 Holmhills Gardens Cambuslang
Received 10 May 2010Silverwood House Cleghorn ML11 8NZ
Received 5 May 2010Sainsburys Distribution Hurlawcrook Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0QH
Received 24 Mar 2010Council Headquarters Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0AA
Received 4 Mar 2010Council Headquarters Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0AA
Received 4 Mar 201038 St Ninians Place Stonehouse
Received 4 Mar 20108 Orchard Place Hamilton ML3 6PG
Received 4 Mar 2010Land At 21 Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2TZ
Received 10 Feb 20108 Woodhead Avenue Bothwell
Received 10 Feb 2010Andiamo Restorante 113 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HN
Received 10 Feb 2010Vacant Land At Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall ML9 2TZ
Received 10 Feb 2010Land To The Rear Of St. Peters Church Buchanan Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LL
Received 10 Feb 2010Proposed Residential Development - Lindsayfield H24 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 29 Oct 2010Previous 'Kingsway Service Station' (Opposite Esso) Kingsway East Kilbride
Received 29 Oct 2010Strathaven Golf Club Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 18 Oct 201015 Burnhouse Crescent Hamilton ML3 8HH
Received 8 Oct 2010Cairns Primary School Woodland Crescent Cambuslang
Received 29 Sept 2010282 Main Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7EG
Received 6 Sept 20102 Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 2 Sept 201030 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen
Received 27 Aug 2010Access Strip Of Ground To Rear Of 20, 22, 24, 26 And 28 Sycamore Way Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7FT
Received 27 Aug 2010112 Lochlea Road Rutherglen
Received 27 Aug 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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